Jimmy Anderson will have to wait until April 2015 to become England’s all-time leading wicket-taker.

The Lancashire bowler is now just three short of Sir Ian Botham’s 383 after being named man of the series in England’s 3-1 victory over India.

Anderson took 2-16 as India were humiliatingly bowled out for just 94 as they crashed to an innings and 244 run defeat in the final Test at The Oval yesterday.

It takes the 32-year-old’s tally to 380 Test victims, but England will now play just one-day cricket in the build-up to next year’s World Cup, with their next Test series not starting until April when they visit the West Indies.

Having taken a series lead in the second Test at Lord’s, India have been blown away - losing the last two games in less than three days.

Anderson, who was England’s leading wicket-taker in the series with 25, was quick to praise the bowling unit as a whole for the turnaround in the series.

“This is right up there... it’s the best I’ve probably bowled,” said Anderson. “The way the whole group has bowled has been outstanding since Southampton.

“We’ve got on top of their batsmen. We’ve created pressure non-stop. That’s a credit to all the bowlers. Since we lost at Lord’s we haven’t concentrated on plans for particular batsmen, but on what we do well – hitting the top as much as we could, challenge their outside edge, challenging their defence.”

And Anderson revealed his bust-up with India's Ravi Jadeja, which saw him eventually cleared of a level three breach of the ICC's code of conduct, helped him.

"Possibly, in the last few games, I have concentrated more on being aggressive with the ball rather than my mouth," Anderson said. "I think I tried to be as aggressive. Whether I tried to say any less, I don't know. But I think the Jadeja incident made me more determined to perform on the field.

"At Southampton, when the stuff was going on around before and after the game, we were so focused on winning that game, and since then we've not let India back into the series.

"The reason I struggled, I think, in the early part of my career is because I was the timid, shy character that I am off the field when I was on it.

"That didn't help me. And working with people to try to get the best out of me, we found that it was best if I tried to be aggressive.

"What's helped me in the last five or six years is the fact I've been aggressive on the field and had the odd word. I've tried not to cross the line. And that's why the umpires are there to monitor that."